Category: MS in Computer Science
She dreamed of working at Google. Now she does.
In summer 2024, after playing ultimate frisbee with a friend next to Google’s headquarters, Songting Yang snapped a photo of Google’s address sign and posted...
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Students build Chrome extension to simplify pronunciation searches
Aisha Abdur Rahim and Yi Zhang built PronunciAid, a Chrome extension that streamlines pronunciation searches on YouGlish Many language learners look up words on YouGlish...
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In grad school, Mandar Ambulkar cranked up the pressure — and thrived
As the Class of 2025 lined up to receive their diplomas, Mandar Ambulkar (MS in Computer Science ’26) watched a monitor, waiting for his cue....
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Student researchers head to Las Vegas to attend CES 2026
One might think that the best way to deter the deer grazing in your backyard would be a big fence or a guard dog, but...
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TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Aisha Abdur Rahim Shares Her Experience
It has been over a week since I attended TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 San Francisco, and I’m still soaking in all the incredible projects, conversations, and innovations...
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Can computer vision help us send better texts? These student researchers think so
EmojiCam uses AI facial recognition to help add emotional cues to text messages Have you ever sent what you thought was an innocuous text, only...
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Students reimagine nurse education using immersive tech: “AI-powered training can fill critical gaps”
For Qiwen (Fiona) Xiong, working on Nurse Town has always been personal. “My mother has been a nurse for over 30 years; during the COVID-19...
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How Kewal Gokuldas Brought XR Development to Northeastern in Silicon Valley
Kewal Gokuldas (‘24) was sixteen when he built his first game for a high school programming class. The game, inspired by Dragon Ball Z, was...
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Student researchers win award by following their curiosity to Dinic’s algorithm
How can you find the most efficient way to deliver goods through a maze of city streets? How do you accurately describe the flow of...
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Himalaya Dua’s 2nd place NVIDIA hackathon win with a last-minute team
Hours after the Wi-Fi went down at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, Himalaya Dua sat amid hundreds of animated voices at the only empty...
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This student research team is building Northeastern’s own AI assistant: NUGPT
With almost two thousand instructors and almost fifty thousand enrolled students spread across thirteen global campuses, Northeastern University is a very big school with many...
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Fiona Xiong’s ‘Ordinary’ Guide to an Extraordinary Life
Qiwen (Fiona) Xiong’s dream is to work with the brightest minds in tech to solve the world’s biggest problems—and it isn’t as far-fetched as it...
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